The "physical presence" for a Bluetooth lock can look a lot more like "hanging around in nearby fiddling with your smartphone" than "directly poking and prodding at the door lock". Given that the main practical deterrent of most door locks is to put burglars at some risk of getting caught at the latter, that's a significant difference.

Rosenstein is steering everyone towards his new term "responsible encryption"

All the more reason to keep repeating the correct term "backdoor" and emphasize that a deliberately designed backdoor is essentially identical to an accidentally created one (e.g. KRACK) except insofar as the former is easier to find (everybody knows that the backdoor key exists and where to find it) and exploit.

> Much of what the government wants can be accomplished with policy changes.

Well, yes, what the government *actually* wants (an end to effective privacy) can be accomplished with policy changes.

What the government *claims* to want (a good-guys-only access point that does not otherwise compromise privacy) cannot.

Since the government cannot, for obvious reasons, admit to the former as their real agenda in public, they are forced to make asses of themselves by pretending that the latter can be accomplished by nerding harder.

I request that you conduct an investigation, and take appropriate action, into Michael Bennett's obvious false allegations against our officers. While the NFL may condone Bennett's disrespect for our American Flag

Being unaware of any "obvious false allegations" from Mr. Bennett or any incidents of "disrespect for our American Flag" by Mr. Bennett, we regrettably cannot pursue these requests.

We believe that a fair investigation will establish that our officers responded to one of the most dangerous calls a law enforcement officers can be assigned -- an active shooter firing rounds in a crowded casino. As our uniformed officers entered the casino, they observed Bennett hiding behind a slot machine.

We are, however, able to conduct a fact-based inquiry into this matter. Once we have completed our investigation into why someone at a location where shots are being fired might choose to hide behind a large metal object, we will promptly inform you of our findings.

It reminds me of a joke about a quarterback, a gymnast, and an economist who were stranded on a desert island. Searching for food, they found a coconut tree.The gymnast tried to climb the tree to get to the coconuts, but the trunk was too smooth and slick to get a grip.The quarterback slammed into the tree trying to shake the coconuts loose, but that didn't work either.The economist looked thoughtful and said, "Assume that we have a ladder...".

Sounds like a new business opportunity...set up a kiosk in the airport to allow travelers to rent laptops during their stay...

DHS officials said the agency is broadly pushing airlines and airports to "take the next step" in beefing up security — meaning using more canine teams, adopting more advanced screening technology and enrolling in a Customs and Border Protection pre-clearance inspection program.

TSA Bureaucrat: I don't care if the job is "executive assistant vice president" of the laptop rental division, the dog training division, or the airport security division, as long as I get the seven-figure salary and the blonde nymphomaniac secretary like we agreed....

Ideally, Murray would find himself forced to take the stand and humiliated as badly as Henry Ford when he sued the Chicago Tribune for calling him "ignorant". They got him on the stand, asked him a bunch of grade-school questions, and established on the record that he was indeed an ignoramus.